NK Celje

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Celje

Full name

Nogometni Klub Celje

Nickname(s)

Grofje (The Counts)
Rumeno-modri (The Yellow-Blues)

Founded

1919^[1]^[2] (as SK Celje)

Ground

Arena Petrol,
Celje, Slovenia

Capacity

13,006

President

Alenka Obrul

Head Coach

Miloš Rus^[3]

League

Slovenian PrvaLiga

2012–13

5th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometni Klub Celje (English: Celje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Celje or simply Celje, is an association football club from Slovenia. They are based in Celje, Slovenia's third largest city. They play in First Slovenian League, 1.SNL. Together with Maribor and Gorica they are the only club that have participated in every season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its formation in 1991.^[4]

History

NK Celje was formed in 1919^[1]^[2] as SK Celje. Soon after the World War II, in 1946, the club changed its name to NK Kladivar (expressionistic term in Slovene for a blacksmith). In 1964 they qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played for two years in a row.

In 1992, year after Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia, the club again changed its name, this time to Publikum. They reached the finals of Slovenian Cup in 1993 and 1995, but lost on both occasions, having been beaten by Olimpija and Mura. In 2003, Celje was in a title race with Maribor until the very last, but in the end finished second and also lost Slovenian cup finals against Olimpija in the same year. Two years later in 2005 the club reached Slovenian cup finals for the third time and this time they finally lifted their first trophy, defeating Gorica 1–0 in front of their own fans at the Arena Petrol. Celje were also in the finals the next year, but lost to Koper after the penalty shoot-out.

Stadium

For most of its early years, the club played at the Glazija Stadium, but moved to the Skalna Klet after merging with ŽŠD Celje in 1967. Since the stadium was in bad shape and could not meet UEFA stadia criteria, the club officials decided to build a new stadium and in 2003 the main stand of the new Arena Petrol stadium was built. The capacity at the time was 3,600 covered seats. After 2003, three new separate stands were build and when the last one opened in 2008, the stadium was completed. The current capacity of the stadium is 13,006 seats from which around 50% are covered. The old stadium is still used as a training facility for the club.

The club also has a smaller third training ground called Olimp, which was renovated in 2005 and is used as a training camp for youth squads of the club.

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1991–92	1.SNL	9	41	40	14	13	13	43	51	Round of 16
1992–93	1.SNL	10	32	34	12	8	14	37	47	Runners-up
1993–94	1.SNL	4	38	30	14	10	6	50	34	Round of 16
1994–95	1.SNL	6	38	30	16	6	8	50	27	Runners-up
1995–96	1.SNL	5	51	36	13	12	11	62	47	Semi-finals
1996–97	1.SNL	4	47	36	12	11	13	55	61	Quarter-finals
1997–98	1.SNL	6	49	36	14	7	15	57	57	Quarter-finals
1998–99	1.SNL	7	42	33	10	11	12	30	35	Round of 16
1999–2000	1.SNL	6	47	33	11	14	8	53	45	Quarter-finals
2000–01	1.SNL	5	50	33	15	5	13	59	52	First round
2001–02	1.SNL	6	48	33	14	6	13	50	39	Round of 16
2002–03	1.SNL	2	55	31	15	10	6	57	38	Runners-up
2003–04	1.SNL	10	39	32	11	6	15	61	52	Quarter-finals
2004–05	1.SNL	3	52	32	16	4	12	47	28	Winners
2005–06	1.SNL	6	49	36	15	4	17	48	59	Runners-up
2006–07	1.SNL	7	45	36	11	12	13	54	51	Semi-finals
2007–08	1.SNL	7	48	36	14	6	14	45	47	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1.SNL	4	53	36	15	8	13	48	39	Round of 16
2009–10	1.SNL	5	51	36	14	9	13	53	56	Semi-finals
2010–11	1.SNL	8	37	36	9	10	17	41	55	Round of 16
2011–12	1.SNL	8	37	36	9	10	17	44	56	Runners-up
2012–13	1.SNL	5	49	36	12	13	11	39	39	Runners-up
Totals	1.SNL	0 Titles	998	757	286	195	274	1083	1015	1 Cup

*Best results are highlighted.

Honours

League

Yugoslav Third League:

Winners (1): 1963–64

Runners-up (5): 1950, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1970–71, 1973–74

Slovenian Championships:

Runners-up (1): 2002–03

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup:

Winners (1): 1964

Slovenian Cup:

Winners (1): 2004–05

Runners-up (6): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Odense	0–1	0–0	0–1
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Antalyaspor	1–1	–	–
			Maccabi Haifa	–	1–0	–
			Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	1–2	–	–
			Proleter Zrenjanin	–	0–0	–
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Aarhus	7–1	0–1	7–2
		Second round	Petržalka	5–0	1–1	6–1
		Third round	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Belasica	7–2	5–0	12–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	First round	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	1–2	3–4
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Sloboda	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–3	1–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Dacia	0–1	0–1	0–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Tromsø	0–2	2–1	2–3

Current squad

As of 31 January 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Amel Mujčinović
3	DF	David Bezovnik
4	MF	Blaž Vrhovec
5	DF	Marko Krajcer
6	DF	Matej Centrih
7	FW	Benjamin Verbič
8	MF	Igor Jugović
9	FW	Gregor Bajde
10	MF	Marijo Moćić
12	GK	Matic Kotnik
13	FW	Aleksandar Bajić
15	FW	Ivan Jovanović
16	MF	Miha Korošec
17	FW	Iztok Močivnik
18	MF	Sebastjan Gobec
20	MF	Nejc Kolman

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Tadej Žagar-Knez
22	GK	Mateo Barukčič
23	DF	Tadej Gaber
24	DF	Matic Žitko
26	DF	Siniša Borenović
27	MF	Nace Ermenc
28	MF	Miha Zajc (on loan from Bravo Ljubljana)
29	FW	Andraž Žurej
30	DF	Tadej Vidmajer
31	GK	Domen Rozman
–	DF	Amir Bilali
–	MF	Danijel Miškić
–	FW	Alen Ploj (on loan from Maribor)
–	FW	Nicolas Rajšel
–	DF	Boban Vasov

Managers

Edin Osmanović (1998–1999)
Nikola Ilievski (1 July 1998–30 June 2000)
Marijan Pušnik (1 July 2000–15 May 2004)
Nikola Ilievski (1 July 2005–30 June 2006)
Slaviša Stojanovič (18 June 2008–17 June 2009)
Milan Đuričić (1 July 2009–17 September 2010)
Stane Bevc (13 October 2010–25 March 2011)
Damjan Romih (29 March 2011–11 June 2012)
Marijan Pušnik (11 June 2012–12 December 2012)
Miloš Rus (2013–)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovene). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zgodovina kluba". NK Celje official website. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ "Celje" (in Slovene). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Slavko Jerič, Tjaša Corn (13 May 2013). "Bozgo in Tavares edina vijolična kralja strelcev" [Bozgo and Tavares the only purple kings of the goalscorers] (in Slovene). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

External links

v t e Slovenian First League

2013–14 teams	Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krka Maribor Olimpija Rudar Velenje Triglav Kranj Zavrč

Former teams (active)	Aluminij Bela Krajina Dravograd Interblock Jadran Dekani Kočevje Livar Medvode Pohorje Rudar Trbovlje Slovan Svoboda Tabor Sežana Zagorje Železničar Maribor

Former teams (defunct)	Beltinci Drava Ptuj Izola Korotan Prevalje Ljubljana Mura Mura 05 Nafta Lendava Naklo Olimpija (defunct) Primorje Slavija Vevče Steklar Šmartno

Associated competitions	Slovenian Cup Supercup Second League Third League

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

v t e Slovenian Republic League

Seasons (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)	1920 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41

Teams (1920–1941)	I. SSK Celje I. SSK Maribor Amater Bratstvo Cillier ČSK Čakovec Hermes Hertha Ilirija Jadran Korotan Kranj Mars Mura Olimp Primorje Ptuj Rapid Rote Elf SK Ljubljana Slavija Slovan Sparta Svoboda Celje Svoboda Ljubljana Svoboda Maribor Železničar Maribor

Seasons (SFR Yugoslavia)	1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

Teams (1946–1991)	Aluminij Branik Maribor Branik Solkan Brežice Domžale Drava Dravinja Elan Elkroj Grafičar Hrastnik Ilirija Izola Jadran Dekani Jesenice Kamnik Kladivar Koper Kovinar Maribor Kovinar Štore Krim Litija Ljubljana Maribor Medvode Mura Nafta Naklo Olimp Olimpija Partizan Žalec Piran Pohorje Postojna Primorje Proletarec Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Slivnica Sloga Slovan Steklar Stol Svoboda Tabor Sežana Šmartno Triglav Kranj Triglav Ljubljana Vozila Železničar Maribor ŽŠD Celje

v t e 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Playing in the round of 32	Ajax Anzhi Makhachkala AZ Basel Benfica Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Eintracht Frankfurt Esbjerg Fiorentina Genk Juventus Lazio Ludogorets Razgrad Lyon Maccabi Tel Aviv Maribor Napoli PAOK Porto Real Betis Red Bull Salzburg Rubin Kazan Sevilla Shakhtar Donetsk Slovan Liberec Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Trabzonspor Valencia Viktoria Plzeň

Eliminated in the group stage	APOEL Apollon Limassol ~~Beşiktaş~~ Bordeaux Dinamo Zagreb Elfsborg Estoril ~~Fenerbahçe~~ Freiburg Kuban Krasnodar Legia Warsaw Maccabi Haifa Paços de Ferreira Pandurii Târgu Jiu PSV Eindhoven Rapid Wien Rijeka Shakhter Karagandy Sheriff Tiraspol Standard Liège St. Gallen Thun Tromsø Vitória Guimarães Wigan Athletic Zulte Waregem

Eliminated in the play-off round	Aktobe Astra Giurgiu Atromitos Braga Dila Gori Dinamo Tbilisi Feyenoord FH Grasshopper Jablonec Kukësi FC Minsk Molde Nice Nõmme Kalju Nordsjælland Partizan Pasching Petrolul Ploiești Qarabağ Saint-Étienne Skënderbeu Korçë Śląsk Wrocław Spartak Moscow Stuttgart Udinese Vojvodina Žalgiris Vilnius

Eliminated in the third qualifying round	Asteras Tripolis Botev Plovdiv Breiðablik Bursaspor Club Brugge Differdange 03 Dinamo Minsk Gefle Häcken Hajduk Split Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Lech Poznań Malmö FF Metalurh Donetsk Milsami Orhei Mladost Podgorica Motherwell Randers Red Star Belgrade Široki Brijeg Skoda Xanthi St. Johnstone Strømsgodset Trenčín Ventspils Vitesse Žilina Zürich

Eliminated in the second qualifying round	Aalborg Anorthosis Beroe Stara Zagora Chikhura Sachkhere Dacia Chișinău Debrecen Derry City Göteborg Hibernian Hødd Honka Honvéd IBV Inter Baku Irtysh Pavlodar Jagodina Jeunesse Esch Khazar Lankaran KR Levadia Linfield Lokomotiva Olimpija Ljubljana Omonia Piast Gliwice Prestatyn Town Pyunik Rosenborg Rudar Pljevlja Sarajevo Senica Shakhtyor Salihorsk Skonto Sparta Prague Sturm Graz Turnovo Utrecht Valletta Víkingur Zrinjski Mostar

Eliminated in the first qualifying round	Airbus UK Broughton Astana Bala Town Čelik Nikšić Celje Crusaders Drogheda United Domžale Dudelange Flora Gandzasar Glentoran HB Hibernians ÍF Inter Turku Kruoja Pakruojis La Fiorita Laçi Levski Sofia Libertas Liepājas Metalurgs Mariehamn Metalurg Skopje Mika Narva Trans FC Santa Coloma UE Santa Coloma Sliema Wanderers St Patrick's Athletic Sūduva Marijampolė Teteks KF Teuta FC Tiraspol Torpedo Kutaisi Vaduz Videoton

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